“In case what?”
Liam motioned back to the subway station. “In case dragon man there shows up again.”
She chuckled. Dragon man — that was fitting. The man sure had been intense. But the more she thought about it, the more ridiculous her fear seemed. Nightmares of Petro had plagued her the previous night, so she could have been projecting that on to an innocent stranger. Maybe he hadn’t been a relative of Petro’s at all.
Still, she couldn’t help feeling disappointed that Lancelot — er, Liam — wasn’t offering his number for friendship’s sake. Quickly, efficiently, she typed his number into her phone and stored it under L. Liam. God, she loved that name. Then she looked up into those amazing, honey-green eyes one more time and forced a chipper, “Thanks. Bye.”
“Anytime.”
His voice was low and mournful, a sound that went with those Please don’t leave puppy-dog eyes. Like her, he stood quietly, not making a move.
Ask him, her heart begged. Ask him if he wants to meet sometime.
She rolled to the balls of her feet, and Liam leaned closer.
Asking doesn’t hurt, she told herself.
Butterflies danced in her belly as she opened her mouth to speak. But Liam’s phone beeped first, and he scowled. At the same time, a cheer went out from the direction of the rally.
“I’d better go,” she sighed as his phone beeped and beeped.
He nodded wearily. “Me too.” Then he flashed a sad smile. “A pleasure to meet you, Gemma.”
God, was he sweet. And, oops. Was she blushing?
“Pleasure to meet you.”
She turned away, intending to hurry off. But three steps later, her feet shuffled to a stop, and she found herself turning.
Liam was still there, looking at her like he didn’t want her to go. And, heck. She didn’t want to go either.
“Call me if you need anything,” he said over the incessant beeping of his phone. “I promise to answer faster than I answer this bloody call.”
He was so earnest, she could picture him in chain mail with his hand on a sword, making a solemn vow. But it was impossible to dwell in her fantasyland with his phone bleating like that. So she waved a second time, clutching her rally sign tightly.
“Thank you. Goodbye.”
That time, she forced herself to turn, get real, and walk away. She’d been brought up to believe in civil action, not love at first sight. And if her heart ached as she went, well, she would survive.
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